Poe, "The House of Usher," and the American gothic [Elektronisk resurs] / Dennis R. Perry, Carl Sederholm.
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Perry, Dennis R. (författare)
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Sederholm, Carl. (författare)
- ISBN 9780230620827
- Publicerad: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
- Engelska 200 p.
- Relaterad länk:
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http://dx.doi.org/10... (Table of Contents / Abstracts)
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- Introduction: The "Usher" Formula * Feminist "Usher": Domestic Horror in Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" * Realistic "Usher": Narrative Imagination and James's The Turn of the Screw * Cosmic "Usher": Lovecraft Adapts his "God of Fiction" * Haunted "Usher": Moving towards Absolute Reality in The Haunting of Hill House * Maternal "Usher": Bloch's Psycho and the Blood-Stained Goddess of Death * Evil "Usher": Rosemary's Baby, Pop Culture, and the Evils of Consumerism * Ceremonial "Usher": The Initiation of Jack Torrance and the Fall of the Overlook Hotel.
- Poe, 'The House of Usher,' and the American Gothic discusses the interrelation between Poe's tale and the modern horror genre, demonstrating how Poe's work continues to serve as a model for exploring the deepest and most primitive corners of the human mind and heart. -- Poe, "The House of Usher," and the American Gothic discusses the interrelation between Poe's tale and the modern horror genre, demonstrating how Poe's work continues to serve as a model.
- "Poe, 'The House of Usher,' and the American Gothic is a welcome addition to the scholarly canons of Poe, the other writers included in their study, and the tradition of the American Gothic." - Tony Magistrale, Professor and Associate Chair of English, University of Vermont.
Ämnesord
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American -- History and criticism. (LCSH)
- Horror tales, American -- History and criticism. (LCSH)
- Literature. (eflch)
Personnamn
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Influence.
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- LIT (ämneskategori)
- 813.0872909 (DDC)
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